Obsession Sportfishing Charters

09/30/2026

Beautiful weather and an excellent catch of tuna and dolphin! Open days available! 🌊🌊🌊

07/31/2026

Great start!

06/18/2026

Great news!

National Science Foundation halts plan to dismantle ocean monitoring system
https://www.outerbanksvoice.com/2026/06/06/nsf-move-to-dismantle-ocean-monitoring-system-fuels-criticism-on-obx/
UPDATE: In a statement released on Thursday, June 18, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced it is halting its efforts to dismantle the ocean monitoring system that had been in place for a decade.

Included in this Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) is the Pioneer Mid-Atlantic Bight (MAB) Array, located off the Outer Banks coast. The decision to remove that equipment was sharply criticized by scientists on the Outer Banks. Here is the NSF statement.

06/10/2026

Wow!

Marlin Fever's 919.9-pound giant shatters Big Rock record

The fish eclipsed the previous tournament record of 914 pounds set by Top Dog in 2019 and instantly transformed the leaderboard in a tournament featuring a record purse of $9,038,225. It also automatically secured the Level V Fabulous Fisherman's Prize worth $871,250 as the first blue marlin of at least 500 pounds brought to the scales and is in line to win a whopping total payout of $6,513,187.

Read the story here:

https://www.carolinacoastonline.com/carolina_coast_online/article_963957ca-fd76-4209-9f4f-01e19d1b43b2.html

06/07/2026

Darrin Lingle and crew had awesome mahi action on light tackle including two bull dolphins that weighed 27 and 29 lbs

06/07/2026

Haley Powers from Falls Church, VA released her first Sailfish Saturday!

06/05/2026

Scott Palmer and crew had good action all day and caught most every thing on standup light tackle

05/30/2026

Jim Buck and crew from Chapel Hill NC boated a beautiful catch of gaffer and school dolphins on light standup tackle

05/30/2026

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05/28/2026

Ethan Plaut and Nicholas Matsukas from Virginia each caught their first white marlin to earn citations along with a bunch of yellowfin tuna